(A) All passenger cars, trucks of less than 11,000 pounds G.W., motor driven cycles and motorcycles registered in Hancock County, that are now subject to an excise tax shall also be subject to an annual excise surtax of $25 to be paid with the registration of said motor vehicles.
(B) Beginning January 1, 2004 and until further amended by ordinance, all of the following six classes of motor vehicles, registered in Hancock County, shall be subject to an annual Wheel Tax as set out in the following schedule, to be paid with the registration of said vehicles.
Motor Vehicle Classification
| Annual Wheel Tax |
Motor Vehicle Classification
| Annual Wheel Tax |
Buses | $40 |
Recreation vehicles | $40 |
Semi trail | $40 |
Semi tractors | $40 |
Light trailers | $10 less than 12,000 lbs. |
Heavy trailers | $40 12,000 lbs. or more |
Light trucks | $40 less than 30,000 lbs. |
Heavy trucks | $40 more than 30,000 lbs. |
(C) As provided by I.C. 6-3.5-5-4 the following motor vehicles are exempt from the annual Wheel Tax:
(1) Vehicles owned by the state, a state agency or a political subdivision;
(2) Buses owned and operated by a religious or non-profit youth organization and used to haul persons to religious service or for the benefit of their members; and
(3) Vehicles subject to the annual excise surtax imposed under I.C. 6-3.5-5-4.
(D) Beginning January 1, 2004, all of the Excise Surtax and Wheel Tax collected on motor vehicles registered in Hancock County shall be distributed, as provided in I.C. 6-3.5-4 and 6-3.5-5, to the county, city and town units of Hancock County by the County Auditor and shall be used only to construct, reconstruct, repair, or maintain streets, roads and bridges under their jurisdiction.
(Ord. 2003-5D, passed 6-11-03; Am. Ord. 2005-2H, passed 2-9-05; Am. Ord. 2014-11B, passed 11-12-14)